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COASTAL LIFE
Hit the ground running
The Manzanita Beach Run/Walk celebrates 25 years
ARTS
Garden tours
Music in the Gardens, Seaside Downtown Garden Walk set
FEATURE
On the Land
North Coast Land Conservancy holds guided walks, hikes
DINING
Mouth of the Columbia
Easygoing Guadalajara Taco Shop offers great atmosphere
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CROSSWORD........... ....................................................................17
CW MARKETPLACE........ ....................................................... 18, 19
GRAB BAG ....... ..........................................................................23
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Learn how to create botanical drawings
Dorota Haber-Lehigh to teach classes in Astoria, Manzanita
ASTORIA and MANZANITA — Sea-
side artist Dorota Haber-Lehigh
will teach a four-week sequence
of Botanical Drawing classes
this summer at the Columbia
River Maritime Museum’s Bar-
bey Maritime Center in Astoria
and at the Hoffman Center for
the Arts in Manzanita.
Students will learn the fun-
damentals of botanical drawing
using pencils, color pencils and
other dry media while learning
about native plants of the 3aci¿c
Northwest region. They will de-
velop basic drawing and obser-
vational skills through fun and
engaging exercises, and drawing
from observation will be empha-
sized. Students will learn how to
incorporate line, value, shape,
texture and color. Participants
will learn the difference between
scienti¿c botanical illustration
and expressive botanical draw-
ing by studying various artists.
The instruction is designed
for students 18 and up, and all
skill levels are welcome. Basic
materials will be provided, or
students may bring their favorite
sketchbook, pencil, eraser or col-
or pencils.
The Astoria classes will be
held from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday,
July 23, 30, Aug. 6 and 13 at the
Barbey Maritime Center. Cost is
$40 for museum members and
$65 for nonmembers. Register
online at www.crmm.org/bar-
bey-maritime-center
The Hoffman Center for the
Arts classes will be held from
1:30 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4,
11, 18 and 25. Weather permit-
ting, students will work in the
Hoffman Gardens. Tuition is $60
for the series or $20 per session.
You can register for the work-
shop at http://hoffmanblog.org
The Hoffman Center will
also host an artist’s reception at 3
p.m. Saturday, July 18 to feature
the works of Haber-Lehigh.
Haber-Lehigh is an artist,
educator, linguist and a forager
with a passion for native plants.
She lives in Seaside and is the
author of two coloring/reading
books: “ABC of Native Plants of
the Coastal Paci¿c Northwest´
and “Native Berries of the Coast-
al Paci¿c Northwest.´
Submitted photo
“Evergreen Huckleberry” by Dor-
ota Haber-Lehigh.
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